詞彙精選：vacant的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
空的，空白的
例句：
This area of shadows is Asia, and that area is Africa, while the vacant space in the middle is the ocean.
這一堆影子是亞洲，那一堆影子是非洲，中間空白的地方是大海。
例句：
Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.
現在，他健康欠佳，精神空虛，心情憂鬱，缺少晚年應有的舒適和安逸。
空着的，未佔用的，未使用的
例句：
There are some vacant offices on the third floor.
四樓有幾間空着的辦公室。
例句：
Neighbors told police they hadn't seen her in years and assumed the house was vacant.
鄰居告訴警方說他們已經有很久沒有見到過老人，並確定老人的屋子一直是空着的。
（職位等）空缺的
例句：
Is there any position vacant in your firm ?
貴商行有職位空缺嗎？
例句：
The professorship of zoology is vacant and has been advertised.
動物學教授的職位空缺，已登廣告徵聘。
空閒的，清閒的
例句：
Sometimes Mr. Seymour didn't know what to do with his vacant time.
有時候，西摩先生不知道怎麼打發他的空閒時間。
例句：
That will leave plenty of hours vacant.
那樣的話就有許多空閒時間了。
精神空虛的，茫然的，無聊的
例句：
Peter talks and laughs away his vacant hours.
彼特以談笑來消磨無聊的時光。
例句：
The wide grey eyes, almost vacant yet so moving, held him beyond himself.
她那雙大眼睛茫然而動人，他不由自主地被吸引住了。
【法】（土地等）無人使用的，無主的，（遺產等）無繼承人的
例句：
We have a lot of bother finding a vacant apartment.
在紐約市內很難找到空着無人住的公寓。
二、詞義辨析：
empty,vacant,hollow,blank,open
這些形容詞都有“空的”之意。empty指空無一人或一物，或空洞無意義的。vacant普通用詞，側重某物或某個位置沒有被佔用。hollow指物體中間是空的。blank指上面沒有寫字、印刷或做記號的空白表面，或指上面留着準備被填寫的空白處。open指未被佔有，從而可被別人得到的。
三、參考例句：
Is the lavatory vacant?
廁所裏沒人吧？
I gazed into the immense vacant space.
我凝視着無邊的天空。
Only a few apartments were still vacant.
He was appointed to the vacant post.
他被委派填補那空缺。
The seat next to her was vacant.
她旁邊的座位空着。
The seat next to him was vacant.
他旁邊的座位空着。
He was appointed to the vacant post.
他被委派填補那空缺.
Another way to say vacant or clueless.
另一種表示茫然或無頭緒的方式。
The position of chairman has been vacant for some time.
主席的職位已經空缺一段時間了。
There were many vacant seats in the theatre.
劇院裏有許多空座位。
